AOPA PILOT (APRIL 2020) FEATURES THE SWITCHBLADE! https://www.aopa.org/…/april/pilot/future-flight-switchblade
Update – March 14, 2020
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Drive And Fly? The Switchblade may be the answer
It’s got a parachute, it has a dashboard that changes from flight gauges to driving gauges, and it looks as sleek as its name.
Update – March 12, 2020
MOOVIN' & GROOVIN' – March 12, 2020 After some tweaks to the engine, turbo installation and alternator, we are back out taxi testing the Switchblade. These runs are propeller powered. We need to...
Update – March 11, 2020
WELDING UP THE TAIL CONNECTION – March 11, 2020 Our tail mounts to the Switchblade's rear body tube frame at the back of the vehicle, and this has been modified several times during the prototype...
Update – March 9, 2020
NEW INTERCOOLER PLUMBING – March 9, 2020 With the Switchblade prototype's temporary intercooler location now being the top of the vehicle (until we establish that the size works), we had to re-do...
Update – March 6, 2020
BIG POWER IN PLACE – March 6, 2020 Although we reduced our load on the Switchblade's electrical system lately, we were still close to the maximum of what the 50-amp alternator could produce. We had...
Update – March 6, 2020
BIG POWER IN PLACE – March 6, 2020 Although we reduced our load on the Switchblade's electrical system lately, we were still close to the maximum of what the 50-amp alternator could produce. We had...
Update – March 5, 2020
BIGGER ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE – March 5, 2020 We increased the Switchblade prototype power needs when we added the new radiator fan, so we opted to put the larger 70-amp alternator into the engine...